Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20540
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/10/1998
Date of Amendment
16/10/1998
Name of Property
Pont Henri
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanelli Rural
Town
Locality
Pont-Henri
Easting
247560
Northing
209456
Street Side
Location
Carrying the main road of the village over the Gwendraeth Fawr.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Not being on a turnpike road, this bridge is likely to have been built and repaired as a County Bridge, and is probably late C18-early C19.
Exterior
A single arch bridge with a span of about 10 m and a width of about 4.5 m between parapets. Ashlar voussoirs with a depth of about 400 mm. At the west of the arch is a blocked relief water hole, about 1.5 m diameter. Rubble masonry in local sandstone. Parapet walls 1 m high with rock-faced copings. The south parapet continues a short distance alongside the road at each end.
Interior
Reason for designation
A fine vernacular bridge probably of c.1800
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